Claude Code made an astonishing $1B in 6 months - and my own AI-coded iPhone app shows why

My complex app, built entirely through agentic coding, reveals the true force multiplier transforming how developers create products at astonishing speed.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Claude Code hit $1 billion fast by transforming real developer workflows.
• Agentic coding built my complex iPhone app in just 11 days.
• Early command-line access gave Claude Code a huge adoption edge.

Anthropic's Claude Code, a programmer's tool, just reached $1 billion in revenue a mere six months after its release. I've been managing and selling programming tools since I was a mere pup. Take it from me, this has never been a vibrant market. And here's Anthropic, pulling in a billion since May.

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